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Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality
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It is argued that inclusive fitness theory has been of little value in explained the natural world, and that it has led to negligible progress in explaining the evolution of eusociality, but these arguments are based upon a misunderstanding of evolutionary theory and a misrepresentation of the empirical literature.
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Cospeciation of Psyllids and Their Primary Prokaryotic Endosymbionts
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The rate of sequence change in the 16S-23S rDNA of the psyllid P endosymbiont was considerably higher than that of other bacteria, including other fast-evolving insect endosYmbionts.
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Characteristics and management potential of some indigenous firewood species in Malawi
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Specificity in the symbiotic association between fungus-growing ants and protective Pseudonocardia bacteria
Fungus-growing ants (tribe Attini) engage in a mutualism with a fungus that serves as the ants' primary food source, but successful fungus cultivation is threatened by microfungal parasites (genus…
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Models for the estimation of single tree volume in four Miombo woodland types
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Benchmarking next-generation transcriptome sequencing for functional and evolutionary genomics.
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Short-read transcriptome sequencing of the transcriptomes of the tropical disease vectors Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae shows considerable utility for genomic studies of nonmodel organisms and suggests an approach for assessing the information content of next-generation data for evolutionary studies.
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Mixed Infections, Cryptic Diversity, and Vector-Borne Pathogens: Evidence from Polygenis Fleas and Bartonella Species
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The rate of mixed infections of Bartonella in flea vectors parasitizing cotton rats in which previous surveys indicated high rates of infection was surveyed, finding that nearly all fleas harbored one or more strains of Bart onella, with rates of coinfection approaching 90%.
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PHYLOGENETIC AND MOLECULAR EVIDENCE FOR ALLOCHRONIC SPECIATION IN GALL‐FORMING APHIDS (PEMPHIGUS)
Abstract Sympatric populations can diverge when variation in phenology or life cycle causes them to mate at distinctly different times. We report patterns consistent with this process (allochronic…
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Defining firewood quality: A comparison of quantitative and rapid appraisal techniques to evaluate firewood species from a southern African savanna
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The Behavioral Ecology and Evolution of Kleptoparasitism in Australian Gall Thrips
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Quantification of kleptoparasitism rates indicates that Koptothrips and other enemies represent extremely strong selective pressures on most species of gall-inducers, and suggests that this parasite-host system has undergone some degree of cospeciation.
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